A method for tracing components in computer applications includes setting, within a hierarchical control interface, a trace level for a component; storing, within a non-hierarchical trace system, the trace level; receiving, in the non-hierarchical trace system, a call with trace data from the component; checking, within the non-hierarchical trace system, the trace level of the component; and acting upon the trace data according to the trace level setting.
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1. A method for tracing components in computer applications, comprising: setting, within a hierarchical control interface, a trace level for a component; storing, within a non-hierarchical trace system, the trace level; receiving, in the non-hierarchical trace system, a call with trace data from the component; checking, within the non-hierarchical trace system, the trace level of the component; and acting upon the trace data according to the trace level setting.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising passing a trace level set for a higher generation node to all leaf nodes stemming from the higher generation node.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trace level is stored in a storage array coupled to the non-hierarchical trace system.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the trace level is further stored at a node.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a leaf node of the hierarchical structure calling the non-hierarchical trace system with a trace level for a corresponding node of the leaf node.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising a leaf node of the hierarchical structure calling a trace level method in the non-hierarchical trace system.
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